Praying For Revival

Is revival possible in our generation? The Lord Jesus Christ said, "with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26). God is able to do more in a moment than we could in a lifetime. The problem is not with His lack of power but with our lack of preparation.Revival cannot be manufactured or manipulated. Spiritual awakenings come when God's people connect their prayers to God's purpose. In Revival Praying you will discover how one of the great prayers of the Bible can serve as a pattern for our prayer. The God who is a consuming fire will work if we will build the altar.

Leonard Ravenhill presents prayer as faith in action in this fast-paced presentation of this crucial subject. He called prayer the most essential ingredient in producing revival. Filled with exhortations and illustrations, it teaches the art of effective praying--which will result in revival. Moody Monthly said, "This is a plea for praying that will melt the preacher's heart, move the people, and magnify the Lord Jesus."

On August 14, 2011, when I was in Kandergrund in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland an important connection became very clear to me. I recognized a spiritual cause for why we are losing part of our youth. I was very shocked. I thought of my children and grandchildren. Since then I have been intensively occupied with this subject.Now I believe that the same spiritual cause is behind many of our problems; specifically the personal problems, in the local churches and the world-wide church. It is the lack of the Holy Spirit. If this is the cause, then we should urgently address this issue. If the cause can be eliminated or considerably reduced, then many problems will become superfluous or will be resolved.

How often have you heard prayers for Revival in public? How often have you prayed for Revival in private? As Christians, we all long for Revival. We read accounts of revivals in the past with a mildly repressed envy. We wish we would experience them in our local situation but having seen new methods come and go, too often we resign ourselves to failure. In this devotional book Eric Hayden reminds us of the necessity of prayer when we desire revival. Looking at the thirty-five prayers for revival found in the bible Hayden gives us a series of short studies on Revival and Prayer. Hayden divides these prayers into seven sections. Prayers revealing the Need for Revival Prayer for a Vision of Revival Prayer to the Sovereign God of Revival Prayers for Personal Revival Prayers for the Corporate Revival of God's People Prayers for National Revival Prayers for the Revival of God's Word With a chapter for each prayer we are shown how Prayer and Revival are intricately linked in Scripture and consequently in our every day lives. This is a wonderful book that will help revive in us the Biblical attitude to revival, and remind us that Revival comes from God himself.

Revival comes from prayer. Today's church needs an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Early church leaders like Luther, Wesley, Finney and Moody were filled and refilled with the Holy Spirit. Prayer like theirs was the powerful key to every revival throughout Christian history. Whether you're an ordained minister, a stay-at-home mom, or a new Christian, God can work through you. Join Yonggi Cho and Wayde Goodall in Prayer, the story of Pastor Cho's personal life and successful ministry. Readers will: understand the different types of prayer, value the importance of prayer, learn why, how, and when to pray, cultivate a lifestyle of prayer, and receive new revelations of how to listen to the Holy Spirit. Hear the secrets God desires to share with you and be immersed in His profound love.

There is urgent need for revival in the church as body and in the lives of individual Christian. A Christian must hunger and thirst for spiritual growth. Many Christians are in a state of spiritual slumber. We must wake up or end up in hell. When there is revival, people show concern for where they will spend eternity; they begin to hunger and thirst after God in earnest. To make heaven, Christians must make every necessary sacrifice to get revived. This book is a wake-up call for those who are in spiritual slumber. It is a pointer to the part we must take and the pitfalls we must avoid if we must be revived. One thing is sure, if you digest the contents of this book and say the prayers with your whole heart, you will know, and neighbours will testify that something new has happed in your life.